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T. the PrOPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK, LAntf&ANn GENTLEMEN, AVACANCY having occurred in the East India Direetion, I respectfully solicit the favour of your Votes and Interest, that 1 may be appointed to the honour of :tilling it. When I first declared my intention of offering myself to your notice, as a Candidate for the Direetion, my hopes were founded. solely, upon the experience which you have had of any conduel as a Proprietor. I should not, however, do jus tice to the uncommonly kind and flattering reception Which I have met with, if I did not now feel confident that, by a continuation of such kindness, I shall be placed in the ho •urable situation, to which I aspire. sin still impressed with the importance of that situation, even in common times. But at this time, with our Charter tz:arly expiring, the trust is of much more than usual magni t,,de. I t the part winch I have publicly taken in the Court of Proprietors should induce you to believe that I am quail tied to discharge the peculiarly importantduties of a Director, request the honour of your support. cannot conclude this Address, without expressing my sincere concern at the loss which we have all sustained by the death of Sir Wm. Bensley. I have long known and va lied him ; and, upon many occasions, 1 have experienced his friendly disposition towards me. t, by your favour,. I should tie appointed.to fill the va cancy which his death has occasioned, I shall bear in mind, and endeavour to imitate his many excellent qualities, and, particularly, his inflexible integrity. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, with much respeCt, Your most obedient, 'and very humble Servant, Strand, Dec. 19, iSc9. RICHARD TWINING. 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LCiltion 'contains Thirteen additional Classi cal Atrthors, and 4iograpilical Notices, chiefly of English f.ditrirs. • - Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Vrme, Paternos ter -ro w. s! We are decidedly of opinion, that no . rtibliographical Collei;ticriCan he complete without Mr... Wirdin's Volumes, which arei . indeperident of the solid intOrmatien they contain, anecdoie. anW rendered gene reqiienoy eniivened by literary jatiy interesting by great variety of observation and acuteness. pf rerriark."-1.1, Critic, March, 18..8. , whom may be had, by the same Author, i. The 13iblioininia ; or, Book-madness. A Prose Epistle Rtcharft Heber, Esq. in Svo. 4s. boards. 2. kientpt of l)evoti n ; or, I udgnieut and Nlercy for Af flierf Souk ; ccinSistitig of - Nleditat.imis, Soliloquies, and By francis } il s h e yor . onie f.;rorvr, Ivo. a new edition, • Ivith a Head of the .441101 by •?,!,;q:414.1'; erice 7s- R bqios, The Gazette of last night contains Dispatches front Sir R. STRACHAN, detailing the measures • taken or the evacuation of Walcheren, and for rendering Flushing useless to the Enemy as a Naval Arsenal. His Letter concludes with the following words : " Thus Flushing is rendered useless to the Enemy as a Naval Arsenal, and the Basin, which affordtd a very secure retreat for several ships of the line dur ing the winter, is for the present eireAStuAlly destroyed, and can only be restored by great labour, and at an immense expence." The opinion that the Austrian Messenger who arrived a few days ago, brought over propositions of a pacific nature, still continues to prevail in thecity, and to have some influence on the stocks., We stated some days ago, and we again repeat, tha the Messenger in question was not the bearer o any propositions from France. It is possible that the Austrian Government might, in its communication ith this country, have expressed a wish for th e restoration of a general peace ; but so vague an ex pression, even if it were used, could not be celled a pacific overture from France. Nothing, in our opinion, is more to be deprecated, or is more calculated to do this Country a, serious injury than a Negociation, -without a rational prospect of its terminating in Peace, and certainly there is no thing in the present state of affairs :a Europe that affords any fair ground to hope that an honourable and permanent Peace could now be concluded. A Mail arrived from Gottenburgh this morning• The following, which are by no means important, are the only articles of intelligence it brings : GOTTENBURGH, DEC. The Lord Nelson Packet arrived last night with two Mails from Eng land, after having encountered most distressing weather. There were two valuable horses on board for his Majesty's Charge-d'Affaires at Stockholm, which in a gale of wind were thrown over-board. STouctioLat, Nov. 24.—His Royal Majesty was seized at nine o'clock with a severe attack of the cramp and giddiness in the head, but at three o'clock in the afternoon his Majesty HE much better. Nov. 26.—His Majesty c,utinued yesterday tole rably well, and had some sleep during the night; he is this day fast approaching his complete recovery, yet feels still very weak.—(Stocklrolm Gazette.) Some Letters were yesterday received in town from New York, of the date of the l Bth, which are said to contain intelligence of considerable import ance. They state, that a dispute has arisen be tween. Mr. JACKSON and Mr. MADDISON, respeaing Mr. JACKSON'S mission, in consequence of which all intercourse between them had been broken off. They further add, that the American Government had declared, that if Great Britain wished for an ami cable adjustment with America, another Minister must be sent in the room of Mr. JACKSON. We have thought it right to allude to this report, as it is in circulation, but we do not attach any credit to it. We certainly do not think that the American Government entertains very friendly sentiments to war:ls this country, but we can hardly suppose it would be guilty of so gross a violation of decency and of our rights, as to assume the privilege of ditia ting to us ►tie persons we are to employ as Ambassa dors. One of the Opposition Papers .of this morning .has adopted a new and rather a bold mode of conveying an attack upon Ministers, viz. by fabricating a num ber of Letters from Members of Parliament, in an swer to the circular Letter sent 'some time ago by Mr. PERCEVAL. These imaginary Letters are of course all hostile to the present Ministers.— We are not aware of the objet. which the Writer hopes to &Tea by this new-invented plan of attack ; it is too dull for a joke, and even the Readers of the Paper in question have not credulity enough to believe it to be true. In the letters which are fabricated, though there is plenty of pariy spirit, t here is very,;little invention, and no variety. Out of so many letters, it might have occurred to .the' Writer to suppose that some of them might contain language to the following effeCt ;--- " Sir, I shall most 'assuredly attend my duty in • Parliament, and while, on the one hand, I shall watch with proper vigilance the measures of Go vernment, I shall, on the other, cautiously avoid making myself an instruipent to promote the vi , ,,ws . a party, actuated solely by a de4ire of poWer, and who, while they are daily declaiming tigainst the measures of their opponents, are, in fact, only aiming at their places." A few Letters containing 'such sentiments would. have given variety and an appearance of truth to an invention which, in its present shape, has not wi t enough to amuse, nor probability enough to de— ceive. The Opposition Papers have asserted, with as much gravity as if they believed the fa6l, that Mar quis WELLESLEY has given notice that no Foreign Minister can in future be introduced to him at his Office except in full dress. The simple truth of the case is, that on Wednesday the Foreign Ministers paid their first visit to the Marquis; on his being ap pointed Secretary of State ; and it being a visit of ceremony, they were in full dress. It is perfealy well known that this has been the invariable pra&ice in the Foreign Office ; but the Marquis WeLLes- LEY must be attacked at any rate, and if he is so un kind as not to furnish materials, they must be in vented. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Otfice. There were present, the LORD CHANCEL. LOR, the Marquis of WELLESLEY, the .Earls of CAM. DEN, LIVERPOOL,WESTMORELAND, CHATHAM, BA THURST, and HARROWBY, Lord MULCRAVE, the CHANCELLOR wt the EXCHEQUEV, Mr. Secretary RYDER, and Mr. R. S.DUNDAS. Monday tht! Duke of SUSSEX atd Sir J. BANKEs arrived at Windsor, on a visit io their MAJESTIES. Yesterday morning his MA IEsTY, Princesses Au. ousaA and SOPHIA accompanied by Lady CRA.NLEY, Generals SPE NCER, .F M ITZROY, and DEBU, Colo nels TAYLOR and DESBROW, took their wmal rides in Windsor Great Park, and returned at half past twelve io the Palace. His Excellency MIRZA ABDALLAH HASSAN this day presented his credentials to his MAJns.Ty at the Queen's House. He was accompanied by Sir GORE. OUSELEY, his interpreter, and Mr. .Zo,TORRIER, his Secretary. The report that he tne4nt to make his public entree with all the pomp of ER-siern spleudour is untrue; there was no parade, out of the ti , ual way on such occasions, displayed. His Excellency was yesterday waited upon by Mt%'CiiESTER, who came officially to notify freto Sir C. COTTRELL (Master of the Ceremonies), that his , MAJESTY had been graciously pleased to order one of the royal state carriages, and two servants in full . livery, to at tend his pleasure. Mr. CHESTER, by desire of Sir C. COTTRELL, acquainted his Highness, that the latter w'is an honour never before conferred on a di plomatic chara6ter.—His Excellency replied -~r " Inform Si: CLEMENT COTTRELL, that every honour conferred on me will be returned tentold to the English Ministe; . at the Court of PerSia." His Excellency's servants, nine in number, wore their stale habits. The dress is a scarlet coat, em broidered with two rows of deep gold lace; breeches and waistcoat of green and gold; hat cocked, with gold lace. Since his Excellency's arrival, he has not appeared in public, nor even taken tilt air in a carriage; he has been indisposed. Ail the Cabinet Ministers have paid their respeets to him. Mr. PERCEVAL waited upon hint on Friday last ; the Marquis of WELLES LEY on Saturday. With the latter be held a long conversation, and was apparently highly gratified with the sentiments expressed by his Majesty's Go vernment towards himself and his country. Yesterday Sir DAVID DUNDAS held a public day at ,his Office in the Horse Guards, and gave au dience to several Military Officers. Vice-Admiral THORNBOROUGH has arrived from the Mediterranean at St. Helen's, in the Apollo, 38, Captain TAYLOR. No communication with the ship had yet taken place, the weather is so stormy. • About 700 horses, to remount the 14th and 16th Light Dragoons, and the German Light Dragoons in Portugal will march into Portsmouth, to embark in the course of the week. Dr. FERGUSSON, Inspeaor of Hospitals, is appoint ed Chief inspettor of the Portuguese Army Hospi tals. By recent accounts from the Island of Curacoa we learn, that the Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the ed battalion of the 18th, or Royal Regiment of Ireland, were on the eve of embarka tion for Europe, after having drafted, their men into the first battalion, at present in : their ar rival may therefore be exp , !Cted in a few weeks.— The 2d battalion will, on its return, be re-formed by the detachment now quartered at Gloucester, under the command of Captain GOIIIIFAItIER, consisting of 450 of the choicest men. The Officers of the Ist battalion, now at home, are ordered to proceed forthwith to join their regi ment in Jamaica. The Barracks in St. George's-place, Canterbury, lately occupied by the Horse Artillery, .and which were in part taken down, are to be immediately re built, being re-engaged for the reception of 800 of the sick soldiers expected from 'Walcheren. We learn by a letter of the 4th inst. from Ham burgh, that the restri&ions on maritime commerce are enforced with a rigour exceeding any that has been praelised since the adoption of that system. Nothing of Colonial or American produce is per mitted to be imported or expyrted. Measures, equally rigorous, have been adopted in the neigh bouring districts. In Holstein, a provisional segues- tration has been laid on all goods, in order iore-in vestigate their importation, and to confiscate what ever may have been found to come from England.— A similar sequestration has taken place in Bruns wick, Oldenburgh, Colberg, &c. 'The seven: French Officers taken into custody, at Eg-r)t, after having broken their parole at \Vantage, wc * ie on Thursday, by an order from the Transport Board, put tinder an escort of the South Gloucester Mi!iiia, to be marched, for confinement, ou board a Prison Ship at Portsmouth. The Board of Admiral: 3', in answer to an appli- Cation from the ?Merchants of Sussex, state, that- Q` they have icer dire6tions fbr the protuftion of, that part of tf.e coast, by stationing cruisers in such' sit.uati , )ns as at pea: to c k em blst calcnlattttd for tOfit NAVAL NEWS: PLYMOUTH, DEC. 18.—Arrived the br'g Valiant , EVAN EVANs master, from Cot:k, laden %%WI proifio sions, bound to London, put n here in consequence of a heavy gale of wind ; she sailed on the 15th insr, in company with the brig. Saltcoats, and brig Fanny, Capt. GALE, both bound to London, the former laden with provisons, the latter with oats ; on the 16t11 inst. the wind blowing a gale, the Fanny was ob served in great distress, part of the crew were busily employed at the pumps, and the remainder, heaving the cargo overboard ; on the Valiant's nearing the Fanny, the latter hailed her, and told Capt. EvANs, to keep company, as she was in a very leaky state and expected to founder, he in consequence paid a 5 much attention to her as the state of the weather would permit, the Saltcoats was then some distance from both ships ; about 7 P. M. a most tremendous squall came on, which separated both ; the Fanny has not since been heard of, and from the state of the ship, it is feared she foundered. His Majesty's ship Orestes, of 1 s guns, was obliged to put back again last evening, in consequence of the gale ; but we are happy in stating that no di*, rnage of consevence has been done here. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 1 9 .—Carne. in last evening the brig Mary, of Plymouth, DAVID ROBERT, Master, from Oporto, Eiden with wine and cork, bound to Guernsey. Arrived this day the Iryria, WEBSTER, from Que bec; also the &tact from Cork, for this port, laden with provisions ; and the Almazon from Oporto. CowEs, DEC. 19.—A Guernsey convoy sailed this morning, the wind having veered round from the south-west to the north-west ; and also the Challenger gun-brig for Cork. Came in the ship Trio, yAlaisu master, frcra London bound for Whitehaven, with damage ta her rudder, which must be repaired before she cal l proceed. SHEEANESS, DEC. 17.—Sailed his Majesty's cutte r Yip er DEC. 19.—Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Lion, Capt. HEATHCOTE. Went up to Chatham to be paid off his. Majesty's ships Champion and Bermuda. DEAL, DEC. 19.—Came down from the River, his Majesty's ship dlgineourt, and remains. Sailed the Atlanta, SWINEY, to. Gravesend, to re* pair damages which she sustained in the Lite gole's' AMERICAA PAPERS. FRENCH PIRACY. BOSTON, Nov. 18.—Yesterday arrived in this port the ship Laconia, Walker, 35 days from Liverpooli Passengers, Captain Nickels, of the ship Hennetta, of Bostotb and Captain Bunker, of the ship Resolu lution, of New-York. Captain W. was captured on the 12th 03ober, eight days from Liverpool, by .1 ,6 Decide, French privateer, Captain Brio!let, ten dap out from Bourdeaux. Captain W. was released from the priyafeer oil giving a ransom of nine thousand dollars in bills of exchange upon his owners in the United States.--- He took from the Laconia the mate and two seamen , by their own consent, to be holden as hostages for the payment of the bills. The Henrietta, of Boston , Captain Nickels was bound from Liverpool to N r e." / Yorlc, and was c.aptured within sight Of the Lace °. The following is a translation of the receipt given by the Captain Of the privateer to Capt. Nicitelc. _ . - • • ~ " I, the undersigned Captain of the privateer Le Deci de ' fitted out by M. Baionise, jun. certity, that I have captured this day the ship Henrietta, of Boston, Capt. 1. Nickels, iii virtue of the laws of my Government, finding the said ship in contravention of the Imperial Decree of th,.. tith Decem ber, ac9,--Done at sea, on board the privateer Le fecidet, 12th Octubel", 18e9. . .•• BRIOLLET." A treaty has been concluded between the Governor of the Indiana territory and the Miami, Powtawata ny and the Eel river tribes of Indians, wino have ceded to the United States two millions six hundred 'thousand acres of land lying on both sides of the Wabash, said to be some of the finest land i n the United States." The Hussar frigate is safe in Guernsey. The pilot who took her out arrived at Plymouth on Sunday. She did not put into Torbay through stress of weather; brut being off there, a Boatswain's Mate dropped'down dead, and they put in there_ to inter the body. Twenty-two acres of intermixed and widely-lying land, in the neighbourhood of Aylsharn, and fat from the best quality, were a short time si►ice di s. posed of for near 20001. and the timber io be valued- At the sale of a part of Mothersall Heath, 01 Ftiday last, on• lot fetched the high price of 93 guineas and a half per statute acre, and some other lots exceeded 70 guineas. The whole that .was put up, about I 15 acres in 35 fots, was disposed of, and produced upwards of 46001. or rather more that 401. per acre upon the average, besides the auetion duty, and tiw expence .of fencing, resti►;g with the purehAsers. There . was a great fall of snow on the mountains near Dublin, last , week, though there was none in the city, or within two miles. • BU,ONAPARTE, in making the repudiated wife Of his brother, little .lEitot, a Duchess, sbews as much contempt for the Republican feelings of Arne' rics, as be did for those of Holland,' when be forced another of his race as "a King upon that country:l. All lbose titles, however, depend upon the fife ° 7 the mati who copiers them, and when the world luckily rid o him, they will, most probably, " lea! pot wa'ek behind."